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Magnitude 4.4 earthquake strikes Northern California, U.S.A.
- Apr, 11, 2023
- Earthquake Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- United States, California , Cobb
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake took place in Lake County, California, late on Tuesday. More specifically, the earthquake struck at 10.39 p.m., and was located 7.4 kilometers from northwest Cobb and rou...
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SkyCiv Beam: A quick and easy-to-use online tool for beam analysis
- Apr, 11, 2023
- General Civil Structural Design Beams Wood Structures Steel Structures Moment Distribution Structural Deflection Other Structural General Civil Structural Systems Structure Types Structural Analysis Structural Behavior
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
SkyCiv provides a variety of online design and analysis software. Different subscription plans are also available, and one of them is the free-to-use, which provides access to some limited features....
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Airborne excavator used for the demolition of collapsed motorway bridge in Spain
- Apr, 07, 2023
- Bridge Management Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Other Structural Construction Management General Civil General Construction News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry Other News
- Spain
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A video has emerged of an airborne excavator used in Spain for the demolition of a collapsed motorway bridge, which appears to be on the A-6 motorway. More specifically, the video shows a hanging exc...
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Second building collapses after landslide in Tijuana, Mexico
- Apr, 11, 2023
- Landslides Slope Stability Erosion Other Geotechnical
- Mexico
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
The moment a building collapsed after a landslide in Tijuana, Mexico, was caught on video. Furthermore, the incident took place on the morning of Sunday, April 9, following the collapse of another ne...
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Marseille building collapse: at least six fatalities
- Apr, 11, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Blasting Effects Other Structural
- France
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
An explosion destroyed a four-story apartment building in Marseille, a city in southern France. The explosion took place on Sunday at 00:49 local time (22:49 GMT on Saturday). Investigators are looki...
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We asked ChatGPT for the most popular geotechnical engineering websites
We asked ChatGPT “which are the most popular geotechnical engineering websites?” and it returned Geoengineer.org first. Furthermore, the AI went on to describe Geoengineer.org as follows: “This we...
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100-year-old 5-storey building collapses in Instabul
- Apr, 06, 2023
- Damage (Structural) Structural Failures Structural Health Monitoring Structural Control Other Structural Repair And Retrofit Of Structures General Civil News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Turkey, İstanbul
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A 100-year-old 5-storey abandoned building collapsed in Istanbul on Thursday, April 6. Furthermore, the collapsed building of Beyazıt Han was located in the Karaköy district of Istanbul and was a...
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Iraq intends to build 19 bridges in Baghdad
- Apr, 10, 2023
- Bridges Bridge Design Sustainable Development Other Structural
- Iraq
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
According to the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the Iraqi Parliament's Services and Construction Committee announced on Monday that it would build 19 bridges in Baghdad, the country's capital. Furthermore,...
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US announces $20 million funding for four drought resilience infrastructure projects
- Apr, 06, 2023
- Groundwater Pumping Groundwater & Seepage Hydraulic Engineering General Civil General Construction News On Projects / Industry Other News
- United States
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A $20 million funding was announced in the US on April 6 for the construction of four small surface and groundwater storage projects in Utah and California. More specifically, the plan includes thr...
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Canada Local First Nation business partners with engineering company on railway spring drain product
- Apr, 07, 2023
- Geosynthetics For Flow Geosynthetics Liquefaction Engineering Prefabricated Vertical Drains Ground Improvement Railway Geotechnics Other Geotechnical
- Canada
- Authored by: TheCivilEngineer.org
A Local First Nation Indigenous company in Canada has announced its licensing agreement with an engineering firm on the production, installation, sales, and training services of spring drains. The...
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